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PharmacoFore's Bio-Activated Molecular Delivery™ and MPAR™ Technologies to be Introduced by Dr. Lynn Webster at the 27th Annual American Academy of Pain Medicine Meeting
Mar 25, 2011, 05:52 ET
SAN CARLOS, Calif., March 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- PharmacoFore, Inc., a privately held biopharmaceutical company developing next-generation abuse-resistant prescription drugs, announced that Lynn R. Webster, M.D., FACPM, FASAM, Co-Founder and Medical Director of Lifetree Clinical Research, will introduce the Company's novel technology during the 27th Annual American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) Meeting.
Dr. Webster's presentation, titled "New Opioid Formulations and Delivery Systems," will feature PharmacoFore's Bio-Activated Molecular Delivery™ (also referred to as Bio-MD™) and MPAR™ technologies on Saturday, March 26, 2011, at 3:00 p.m. EDT at the Gaylord National Convention Center in National Harbor, MD.
"PharmacoFore's new opioid drug technology may offer the medical community a truly revolutionary approach to safer opioid prescribing," said Dr. Webster, a world leader in pain management and prescription drug abuse. "The new delivery system may prevent individuals from overdosing with multiple pills while allowing prescribers to determine the dose that is most appropriate for the patient."
According to Dr. Steven Passik, Professor of Psychiatry and Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, "We have two public health crises – the crisis of pain and the crisis of prescription drug abuse, and we need a balanced approach that doesn't address one at the expense of the other. PharmacoFore's technology has the potential to reduce barriers to effective pain management while offering an unprecedented level of resistance to all common routes of abuse."
PharmacoFore has created a novel Bio-Activated Molecular Delivery technology designed to effectively deter prescription drug abuse at a molecular level. This technology does not involve (1) the reformulation of existing opioid drugs in physical matrices that are easily circumvented by simple extraction methods; or (2) adding aversive agents or opioid antagonists which may expose patients to additional risks. The Company's opioid Bio-MD systems are designed to release clinically effective opioid drugs only when exposed to the correct physiologic conditions (i.e., when orally ingested). PharmacoFore's complementary MPAR technology provides multi-pill abuse resistance – taking away the incentive to abuse with multiple pills, including self-escalating the dose, and protecting from oral overdose. This novel approach to opioid therapy greatly reduces the opportunities for abuse while maintaining, unaltered, the opioid's potent analgesic effects.
About Lynn Webster, M.D., FACPM, FASAM
Dr. Lynn Webster, co-founder and medical director of Lifetree Clinical Research and co-founder of LifeSource, a non-profit foundation, is board certified in anesthesiology and pain medicine and is also certified in addiction medicine. He is dedicated to treating patients in pain while simultaneously working to minimize the potential for abuse and addiction. Dr. Webster is currently on the Board of Directors for the American Academy of Pain Medicine and the National Pain Foundation. Dr. Webster earned his doctorate of medicine from the University of Nebraska Medical Center and completed his residency in the University of Utah Medical Center's Department of Anesthesiology.
About Steven Passik, Ph.D.
Dr. Passik is a clinical psychologist whose areas of expertise include the general psychological aspects of cancer including palliative care, and symptom management with an emphasis on pain, depression, nausea and fatigue. His research interests include examining pain medication usage among cancer patients; assessing abnormal drug usage among cancer and HIV+ patients; and developing psychosocial interventions for cancer patients. Dr. Passik is a Professor of Psychiatry and Anesthesiology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He is also a member of the American Psychological Association, International Psycho-Oncology Society and American Society of Psychiatric Oncology/AIDS. Additionally, Dr. Passik has written extensively on the interface of pain management and addiction.
About PharmacoFore, Inc.
PharmacoFore, Inc., is a privately held biopharmaceutical company focused on creating novel medicines to improve upon the therapeutic utility of existing drugs, enhance patient care, and prevent the misuse, abuse, and overdose of prescription medications. The Company's novel Bio-Activated Molecular Delivery™ system (also referred to as Bio-MD™), in contrast to current approaches, effectively addresses abuse via injection and inhalation, as well as abuse via the more common oral route (e.g., chewing pills prior to ingestion). PharmacoFore will announce the results of its Bio-MD human proof-of-concept study in 2Q'11.
PharmacoFore has also created a complementary technology, MPAR™, uniquely applicable to drugs with its Bio-MDs' mechanism of activation, which provides multi-pill abuse-resistance – that is, oral overdose protection. When several doses of MPAR-protected drugs are co-ingested, the systemic exposure of the opioid drug is dramatically limited, without the use of opioid antagonists, such as naloxone, which may expose a patient to additional risks. Ultimately, PharmacoFore's technology will (1) provide patients with the best treatment option for moderate-to-severe pain; (2) address the worldwide under-treatment of pain; (3) offer a comprehensive solution to the rapidly growing global issue of prescription drug abuse, and; (4) for the first time, provide protection against oral routes of abuse.
About Prescription Drug Abuse
Prescription drug abuse and addiction are major burdens to American society, resulting in significant costs, illness and deaths. More than 48 million Americans abuse prescription drugs in their lifetimes; in 2005, such abuse cost the government $467.7 billion.
According to the U.S. National Institutes of Health, pain affects more Americans than diabetes, heart disease, and cancer combined, with chronic pain being the most common cause of long-term disability. The U.S. economic impact of acute and chronic pain exceeds $100 billion per year.
Forward Looking Statements and Information
This press release contains forward-looking statements regarding, among other things, statements relating to expectations, goals, plans, objectives and future events. These statements are based on the current estimates and assumptions of our management as of the date of this press release and are subject to risks, uncertainties, changes in circumstances, assumptions and other factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to revise or update information herein to reflect events or circumstances in the future, even if new information becomes available.
PharmacoFore, Inc. Contact:
A. Gregory Sturmer
VP, Finance and Chief Financial Officer
Media Contacts:
Tiberend Strategic Advisors, Inc.
Tamara Bright
Farrell Denby
SOURCE PharmacoFore, Inc.


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The Lincoln County Hunter Education Course will be taught March 15-17 at Fayetteville High School by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency.
Class times are 5 to 9 p.m. Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, and 1 to 5 p.m. on Sunday. Students must attend all classes to be certified.
Participants must register online at http://www.state.tn.us/twra/huntered.html before class to reserve a seat.
Class topics include hunter ethics and responsibility, firearm safety, handling and care, modern firearms, muzzleloaders, archery, wildlife identification, tree stand safety, field safety, survival and first aid.
All hunters born on or after Jan. 1, 1969 must complete this course before they hunt in Tennessee. Students must be at least nine years of age to be certified. Parents and non-residents are welcome to take the course. Instructors will include TWRA officers and volunteers.
Everyone must bring their Social Security number and a number two pencil.

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Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword has been detailed at E3 in Los Angeles, plus we got to play with a demo level, plus it now supports the Wii Motion Plus controller on the Wii Remote.
That's the good news, the bad news is that it's not going to be out until some point in 2011.
Still what do we think of the new effort from Nintendo for the Nintendo Wii? Read on to find out.
Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
What platform is it on?
Nintendo Wii
When's it due out?
What other game is it like?
Every other Legend of Zelda you've played
Does it use any new tech like 3D, PlayStation Move, or Kinect for Xbox 360?
The pitch
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword marks a turning point for the franchise, as the introduction of full motion controls enabled by the Wii MotionPlus accessory synchronizes player movements and Links actions while offering the most intuitive play control of any Legend of Zelda game to date.
The storyline
There isn't one at the moment, but it will no doubt involve you saving someone, probably the princess, who is in trouble once again. Think Jack Bauer and his daughter from 24 series 2.
Our first impressions
Every couple of years for the last 12 Nintendo has released another Legend of Zelda that once again sees you play Link and once again has you battling monsters, plants and swashbuckling your way to victory. 2011 looks to be no different with another outing for Link.
Here Nintendo has attempted to introduce greater control of the controls thanks to Wii Motion Plus support, that lets you swipe in the exact same way on screen as you are in real life.
And in our quick one level demo play we found that to be the case most of the time. Swipe up and so does link, sideways and it's the same. Furthermore acting as though you are putting your Wii Remote in your pocket and you're able to get things out of your inventory.
In practice and it's a bit of a faff even if it is more "real". Gameplay wise and it was clear that this is a level perhaps not even of the game, it certainly didn't look ready or like anything that would eventually make the final grade when the game comes out in 2011.
So what do we think? To be honest it was hard to see where Skyward Sword takes the storyline and gameplay beyond what we've been enjoying since The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, still Zelda fans will love that it is virtually the same as before, and just more of what they love.
Please note
The E3 games convention is a fantastic chance to see the latest games due out over the coming year, as well as, letting us get a glimpse into what is going to be the big titles and the ones to avoid like the plague.
The big problem however is that for most of the titles that glimpse is, well, just that. At the show you'll get to play a level here or a multiplayer map there.
So with that in mind we present you with our Quick Play.
What we've done is broken down the key facts you need to know and then given you our first impressions based on around 15 minutes of gaming. For us that 15 minutes isn't enough to do a First Look review. How can you rate a game that offers over 30 hours of gaming on just 15 minutes of play? However it should hopefully give you an idea, a feeling, a notion, of what to expect come launch day.


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New Owners Bring New Ideas to Margie's Half Off Cards
NEWPORT CITY – A long time Newport business has new owners. Lisa and Alan Desroches of Coventry have purchased Margie's Half Off Cards from Margie and Larry Cummings of Montgomery Center.The Desroches renamed the store to Suzy-Lynn's Gifts & 1/2 Cards after their daughters, six-year-old Julia Suzanne and 18-year-old Natashia Lynn. Natashia is a freshmen at Lyndon State College. The Desroches also have a son, Nathaniel, who lives in the Woodsville, N.H., area. Lisa Desroches always wanted to own her own business. "I call it a dream come true," she said. The Desroches plan to bring in some new items and keep many of the ones the previous owners had. Lisa Desroches is open to suggestions on product lines. Alan Desroches said they are trying to stay with American made products as much as possible. One of the most unique items the store carries is paper made out of recycled horse and cow manure, an item the Desroches found at a trade show a couple weeks prior to buying the store."Everybody thought it was a disgusting notion, but it's actual paper," said Alan Desroches. "It feels okay and it writes well. It's actually very light weight. It seems to be kind of popular."If it continues to be popular, Alan Desroches said he would continue to carry it.Desroches also carry wedding items like cake toppers, unity candles, picture frames and champagne glasses. They also sell plush toys, gift bags, balloons, baby outfits, over-the-hill products, wrapping paper, jewelry and much more. They want to see products that will benefit The American Cancer Society. Prior to buying the store, Lisa Desroches worked at Pick and Shovel Hardware for 4 1/2 years. Earlier on, she worked at North Country Union High School. Alan Desroches works at Tivoly where he plans to stay. He will work at the store in a handyman capacity in the evenings.The Desroches expanded the store hours to 9 AM to 6 PM and will stay open to at least six on Fridays. Desroches will have an open house on March 10 and 11


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Switzerland: demonstration in Bern
Over one hundred milk producers gathered on July 12, to demonstrate against the inaction of the branch organisation milk (BO Milk) regarding the dairy market situation.
In order to point out their discontent, producers filled up a swimming pool with milk and they put figurines of representatives of the branch organisation to symbolize that they « are swimming in overproduction » according to Nicolas Bezençon, coordinator of Uniterre, swiss EMB member.
Representatives of Union Sud des Paysans and a representative of the branch organisation were there for the occasion. Thus the union Uniterre explained in front of these representatives its will to modify in deep the current rules in the BO Milk.
The Swiss farmers union demands the general applicability of the BO Milk decisions to all dairy farmers to be accepted by the branch organisation.
So whilst farmers of the EU were demonstrating today in Brussels criticising the High Level Group propositions, in Switzerland dairy farmers expressed their anger about the so-called ideal for the future liberal European dairy policy. All that glitters is not gold.
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Global climate model projections that show a greater rise in temperature are likely to be more accurate than those showing a lesser rise, U.S. researchers say.
The National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo., in a study funded by NASA, analyzed how well 16 leading sophisticated climate models reproduce observed relative humidity in Earth's tropics and subtropics.
The models that most accurately captured these complex moisture processes and associated clouds, which have a major influence on global climate, were also the ones that showed the greatest amounts of warming as humanity puts more and more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, NASA said.
"There is a striking relationship between how well climate models simulate relative humidity in key areas and how much warming they show in response to increasing carbon dioxide," NCAR scientist John Fasullo said. "Given how fundamental these processes are to clouds and the overall global climate, our findings indicate that warming is likely to be on the high side of current projections."
The findings, published in the journal Science, could improve the longstanding quest to narrow the range of global warming expected in coming decades and beyond, the researchers said.
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When Ramsay de Give was a student at the school where I teach, we all knew he was a talented photographer and an intelligent and compassionate human being. For various reasons, we weren't exactly sure what would become of him in the world, though. It was a great pleasure, then, when he sent me the address of his website, because there were the fruits of his past few years' work as a photojournalist, and the results are, in my entirely biased opinion, extraordinary.
Ramsay uses his images to tell stories about the world, stories that might not otherwise be told. I found the "stories and essays" section of his website particularly moving and extraordinary, as Ramsay portrays the lives of children born addicted to heroin with an unsentimental sensitivity rare in any storyteller, never mind one of his relative youth. But he has experienced far more of the world than many people much older than he is, a fact that was vividly clear when he was a student, not only in his photographs, but also in the seriousness with which he approached reading and writing in my class. He is one of those students who taught me far more than I taught him, and who continues to teach through the pictures he takes and the stories he tells.


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Paul McGinley says he is relishing the chance to test himself against eight-time major champion Tom Watson at the 2014 Ryder Cup.
McGinley was named on Tuesday as the man to lead Europe at Gleneagles, where he will go head-to-head with USA captain Watson, who was at the helm the last time the Americans won the trophy on European soil, back in 1993.
"I am relishing the thought of taking on one of my great heroes, Tom Watson," McGinley told reporters in Abu Dhabi. "Not only is he a wonderful person, he's a great ambassador for the game of golf and has been for a long time.
"I never had the opportunity going up against him in a playing sense, but to have an opportunity going up against him in a captaincy sense is going to be a real thrill for me."
McGinley's appointment came after world No. 1 Rory McIlroy vocalised his support for the Irishman, describing him as "the best captain I have ever played under", while a host of other players, including Luke Donald, Graeme McDowell and Ian Poulter had offered their partiality for McGinley on Twitter.
McGinley refused to speculate what made him popular amongst the players, but expressed his gratitude to McIlroy for his support, claiming his bond with the player stemmed back to the 2009 Vivendi Trophy.
"Rory and Graeme McDowell played in the first Vivendi Trophy which was my first captaincy as well. Rory was not the star then that he is now; I think it might have been his second or third year on tour. I had the opportunity of captaining him then - it was a very weakened team compared to how strong the Europeans were if you compared world rankings.
"We played the role of underdog there extremely well and Rory and Graeme were huge for me that week and I really enjoyed playing with them and I think they enjoyed it as well. I think I was fortunate that I had that situation where Rory had played underneath me. I think he spoke with such authority on the subject."
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Suffolk, ss. Division of Administrative Law Appeals
Stephanie O'Neil,
v. Docket No. CR-07-68
Boston Retirement Board,
Appearance for Petitioner:
Michael E. Williams, Esq.
159 Burgin Parkway
Quincy, MA 02169
Appearance for Respondent:
Edward H. McKenna, Esq.
66 N Street
Boston, MA 02127
Administrative Magistrate:
Kenneth J. Forton, Esq.
The Petitioner, Stephanie O'Neil, appealed timely under G.L. c. 32, § 16(4) the January 13, 2007 decision of the Respondent, Boston Retirement Board, to exclude holiday pay, educational incentive pay and academy pay in the calculation of her accidental disability retirement benefits. (Ex. H) The Petitioner elected to waive a hearing and has elected instead to proceed on written submissions, pursuant to 801 CMR 1.01(10)(c). On March 18, 2008, the Petitioner submitted her brief and fourteen exhibits. (Petitioner's Exs. A-N) On the same day, the Respondent filed its brief and four exhibits. (Respondent's Exs. 1-4) The record closed March 18, 2008 upon receipt of the Respondent's brief.
Based on the evidence presented by the parties, I make the following findings of fact:
1. Stephanie O'Neil, d.o.b. 4/18/70, worked for the City of Boston in the Municipal Police Department from July 21, 1993 to October 10, 2004, when she was granted an accidental disability retirement. (Exs. A, B)
2. In June 2003, the Civil Service Commission created three new civil service classifications in the Police Officer job series (0083), including Boston Municipal Police Officer (0083P). (Ex. L)
3. On the date of her retirement, Ms. O'Neil held the Civil Service classification of Boston Municipal Police Officer. (Exs. A, M)
4. On April 27, 2006, the Board and the Public Employee Retirement Administration Commission approved Ms. O'Neil's application for accidental disability retirement, effective October 10, 2004. (Ex. L)
5. During the last three years of her employment, Ms. O'Neil and all similarly situated Municipal Police Officers were entitled to receive holiday pay. Article XVI, § 2, of her collective bargaining agreement provides, in relevant part: "When any . . . holiday[] falls on an employee's scheduled workday or on an employee's scheduled day off or during his vacation or during any period of other compensable leave under this Agreement, he shall receive for each such holiday, in addition to his regular weekly compensation, an additional day's pay, computed as one-fifth of his regular weekly compensation. Holiday pay shall be considered as regular compensation for pension/retirement purposes." (Ex. K)
6. Pursuant to Article XV, § 4(a) (entitled "Specialty/Education Pay Incentive") of her collective bargaining agreement, Ms. O'Neil and other similarly situated Municipal Police Officers were entitled to receive $50.00 weekly if they had completed the Police Training Academy program approved by the Massachusetts Criminal Justice Training Council. (Ex. K)
7. Article XV, § 4(b) further provides: "Effective July 1, 1987 and [sic] employee shall receive the higher of the following educational incentives: For earning an Associate Degree in Law Enforcement or 60 credits toward a Baccalaureate Degree in Law Enforcement, the sum of $16.00 weekly; For earning a Baccalaureate Degree in Law Enforcement, the sum of $24.00 weekly." (Ex. K)
8. Article XV, § 4(e) of the collective bargaining agreement states: "Specialty/ education pay incentive payments shall be made weekly, shall be included in base pay for the purpose of computing overtime, court time, sick pay, workers compensation pay, holiday pay and vacation pay, and shall be considered regular compensation for pension/retirement purposes." (Ex. K)
9. At the time of her injury, Ms. O'Neil was earning $50.00 academy pay per week and $24.00 educational incentive pay per week. (Exs. C, D)
10. For the period April 6, 2001 to April 26, 2002, Ms. O'Neil intermittently received weekly holiday pay in amounts ranging from $123.22 per week to $137.07 per week. The amounts received differed because they were based on her rising base compensation. (Ex. D)
11. Retirement deductions were withheld from Ms. O'Neil's holiday pay, education incentive pay and academy pay. (Ex. H)
12. Through her attorney, Ms. O'Neil requested that the Board include her holiday pay, educational incentive pay and academy pay in the calculation of her regular compensation, upon which her disability retirement allowance was calculated. (Ex. E)
13. On January 13, 2007, the Board denied Ms. O'Neil's request to include holiday pay, education incentive pay and academy pay in her regular compensation. The Board agreed, however, that a stipend received for being deployed under the direction of the Boston Housing Authority was regular compensation. (Ex. H)
14. On January 25, 2007, Ms. O'Neil appealed the Board's decision regarding holiday pay, education incentive pay and academy pay. (Ex. I)
The decision of the Boston Retirement Board is reversed. The Board shall recalculate Ms. O'Neil's accidental disability retirement allowance to include her holiday pay, education incentive pay and academy pay as regular compensation.
An accidental disability retirement allowance is based, in part, on the retiree's regular compensation in the twelve month period for which the retiree received regular compensation. G.L. c. 32, § 7(2)(a)(ii) (emphasis added). Regular compensation as defined in G.L. c. 32, § 1 is "the salary, wages or other compensation in whatever form, lawfully determined for the individual service of the employee by the employing authority, not including bonus, overtime, severance pay for any and all unused sick leave, early retirement incentives, or any other payments made as a result of giving notice of retirement . . . ."
Holiday pay is not regular compensation, except as authorized by law. 840 CMR 15.03(2)(b). G.L. c. 32, § 1 provides such an exception: "In the case of police officers, . . . money paid for holidays shall be regarded as regular compensation rather than as overtime and shall be included in the salary on which deductions are to be paid to the annuity savings fund." Ms. O'Neil contends that she is a police officer and is consequently entitled to have her holiday pay included in her regular compensation. The Board argues that Ms. O'Neil was a Boston Housing Authority employee and, thus, does not fall within the police officer exception. Based on the City's payroll and human resources records, this is untrue-Ms. O'Neil was an employee of the City of Boston. Moreover, who employed her is irrelevant, so long as she was a police officer.
Ms. O'Neil was a police officer. When she retired, Ms. O'Neil was classified as a Boston Municipal Police Officer by the Civil Service Commission and her employer, the City of Boston. The classification falls within the Civil Service Commission's Police Officer job series (0083). Her civil service classification is prima facie evidence that she is a police officer for purposes of the applicable retirement law. Citing no relevant authority, the Board argues that Ms. O'Neil was not a police officer because she was not employed by the Boston Police Department. The Board's argument fails because the holiday pay exception in G.L. c. 32, § 1 only requires that the retiree be a police officer and not a member of any specific police force. Therefore, Ms. O'Neil's regular compensation should include her holiday pay.
Ms. O'Neil also maintains that the education incentive pay, which she received for earning a baccalaureate degree, and academy pay, which she received for graduating from the Police Training Academy, should be included in her regular compensation. She cites 840 CMR 15.03(d)(4), which expressly includes in regular compensation "any amounts paid as educational incentives," provided they meet the general criteria in 840 CMR 15.03(1)(a) through (c). The Board contends that only "Quinn Bill" benefits paid pursuant to G.L. c. 41, § 108L, qualify as educational incentives and, thus, regular compensation. Since Ms. O'Neil never received "Quinn Bill" benefits, and instead received a separate bargained-for educational incentive, the Board argues, she is not entitled to have her educational incentives included in regular compensation. Again, the Board cites no authority for this argument. Neither G.L. c. 32 nor 840 CMR 15.00 recites any such requirement.
Ms. O'Neil's educational incentive pay is regular compensation because it meets the definition of regular compensation found in G.L. c. 32, § 1, and its implementing regulations, at 840 CMR 15.03 (1)(a). The educational incentive was actually paid to her. See 840 CMR 15.03(1)(a)(1). The payments were made as remuneration for her services as a municipal police officer. See 840 CMR 15.03(1)(a)(2). The payments were "ordinary, normal, recurrent, repeated, and of indefinite duration," as she received the payments pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement, which provided that any employee who completed a Baccalaureate degree in law enforcement was entitled to $24.00 weekly. See 840 CMR 15.03(1)(a)(3) and (4). Finally, because the payments were made to any employee who had attained the appropriate degree, they were made "on a non-discriminatory basis" and were "generally available for employees who [were] similarly situated relative to the purpose of the payment." See 840 CMR 15.03(1)(a)(5).
For the same reasons, Ms. O'Neil's academy pay also should be included in her regular compensation. Academy pay is received for having completed a twelve-week Police Training Academy approved by the Massachusetts Criminal Justice Training Council; it is, therefore, an amount paid as an educational incentive, and should be included in regular compensation, so long as it meets the criteria found in 840 CMR 15.03(1)(a). As it meets these criteria for the same reasons, outlined supra, that the education incentive pay does, Ms. O'Neil's academy pay is regular compensation.
The Board asserts, again without record support, that Ms. O'Neil's academy pay is not regular compensation because it is a one-time bonus payment, see 840 CMR 15.03(2)(c), paid to her for completing training. The City's payroll records clearly show that Ms. O'Neil received $50.00 each week for having completed the required training. Moreover, the payments were made pursuant to the collective bargaining agreement, which clearly states that Ms. O'Neil was entitled to $50.00 "weekly," not on a one-time basis.
Finally, the Board argues that none of the disputed pay is regular compensation because Ms. O'Neil's employing authority did not determine that it was, and consequently did not withhold retirement contributions. This misapprehension seems to be partially rooted in the Board's insistence that Ms. O'Neil was employed by the Boston Housing Authority. As stated above, she was employed by the City of Boston, not the Boston Housing Authority, which is a separate "public body politic and corporate" created by the Legislature. G.L. c. 121B, § 3. Moreover, the City, through its collective bargaining agreement with the municipal police officers, did determine that all of the disputed pay would be treated as regular compensation and that retirement deductions would be withheld from it. In fact, in its January 13, 2007 denial letter, the Board itself admitted that deductions were withheld. Ms. O'Neil's academy pay is regular compensation.
The Board shall recalculate the Petitioner's accidental disability retirement allowance to include her holiday pay, educational incentive pay and academy pay as regular compensation.
/s/ Kenneth J. Forton
Administrative Magistrate
DATED: March 13, 2009


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WWE's Cody Rhodes Fiancee Brandi Reed is Quite Impressive (Photos)
They did an angle on last night's RAW where Cody Rhodes was fired and it was a big deal because Cody Rhodes was getting married. At the time I didn't think much of it until I saw photos of his fiancee.
Cody likes the chocolate. I am not mad at him, Rumble Young Cody Rumble.


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MCLF Lawsuit Draws Massive Media Attention
Dearborn union sued by employees over worker freedom rights
A Mackinac Center Legal Foundation lawsuit on behalf of four city of Dearborn workers against Teamsters Local 214 is generating a large amount of state and national media coverage, including The Detroit News, MLive, Lansing State Journal, Macomb Daily, TV9&10 in Cadillac, the Cadillac News, WJRT-TV12 in Flint, WNEM-TV5 in Saginaw, FOX32 in Traverse City, the (Owosso) Argus-Press, Midland Daily News, Port Huron Times-Herald, the Miami Herald, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Houston Chronicle, the Charlotte Observer, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, the Albany Times Union in New York, WTOL and WTVG in Toledo, the Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader, the Bradenton (Fla.) Herald, the Enquirer-Herald in York, S.C., The State in Columbia, S.C., FOX28 in South Bend, Ind., the Daily Reporter in Greenfield, Ind., WBNS in Columbus, Ohio, the Times-Post in Pendleton, Ind., the Ventura County Star in Camarillo, Calif., The Tribune in San Louis Obispo, Calif., and the Macon (Ga.) Telegraph.
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Senior Attorney Derk Wilcox also discussed the case on "The Frank Beckmann Show" on WJR AM760.
The employees are suing the local over a new union policy that would charge workers who exercise their worker freedom rights $150 to file a grievance. Michigan's right-to-work law says that employees do not have to financially support a union as a condition of employment.
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Wild viral video shows woman dousing Taco Bell manager with tea
In a viral video that's been shared, liked and tweeted thousands of times, a woman is seen throwing large amounts of tea at a worker inside a Taco Bell fast food restaurant.
The 6-minute video, shot inside a Taco Bell restaurant on FM 78 in Converse, shows a woman yelling at a worker inside the restaurant. The incident quickly escalates and the two eventually start throwing tea at each other from canisters in the dining room and behind the counter. The woman also eventually tosses the canister over the counter, but it doesn't hit anyone.
Richard Lopez was at the drive-thru window and called police.
"I was just trying to get my wife, who just had her (his daughter), some tacos," Lopez said, adding that he was forced to bring home chicken an hour later.
WARNING: Explicit language in video clip posted on Facebook
A younger man in the video, who identifies himself as the woman's son, also argues with the worker, but does not appear to get physical during the exchange.
Converse police identified the woman as Margarita Godinez. She was charged with criminal trespass, pled no contest and was later sentenced to a day in jail. Her son, whose name was not released because he's a juvenile, was also arrested.
As for the employee, he seems unwilling to back down as he repeatedly yells profanities at the woman and calls himself a "pistolero." When police arrive, the man identifies himself as a manager and tells officers the woman was fired and is there to pick up her last check.
"He (the manager) took off his shirt, speaking Spanish, saying, 'Where did I get these tats from?'" Lopez said.
Toward the end of the exchange, Converse police officers show up and take the woman into custody.
Taco Bell released the following statement:
Taco Bell and SAT Taco, LLC, the franchise owner of this Converse, TX location in no way tolerate this behavior. This incident actually took place at the beginning of this year, and the manager in the video no longer works for the brand. The franchisee cooperated with local law enforcement to press charges on the ex-employee and her son for all damages.


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Summer Reading Recommendations
As an incoming first year law student, you might be wondering what you can do to help you prepare for law school this fall. While we hope you will take some time for rest, relaxation and spending quality time with your family and friends, our faculty members have provided the following reading recommendations to help you prepare for your exciting new endeavor as a 1L. Happy Reading!
The Classics
- Bridging the Gap Between College and Law School by Ruta K. Stropus & Charlotte D. Taylor
- 1L of a Ride: A Well-Traveled Professor's Roadmap to Success in the First Year of Law School by Andrew McClurg
- Think Like a Lawyer: Legal Reasoning for Law Students and Business Professionals by E. Scott Fruehwald
- Reading Like a Lawyer by Ruth Ann McKinney
Getting Ready for Law School
"A classic account of a first year experience." (Archibald)
- Called On by Lisa McElroy
"A new release focusing on the 1L experience." (Henning)
- The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King
"This book picks up after the Doyle series has concluded. Sherlock meets his match: An American/English girl who can reason as sharply as he and is equally obstreperous." (Belian)
Interested in the Supreme Court?
- The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court by Jeffrey Tobin
"This book follows the Justices for 10 years of decision-making, which is timely given Justice Scalia's unexpected passing and the controversy regarding how and when to fill the vacancy." (Warren)
- The Brethren by Woodward and Armstrong
"A compelling read about the Supreme Court in the 1970s." (Harris)
- The Oath: The Obama White House and The Supreme Court by Jeffrey Toobin
"An exploration of recent Supreme Court decisions." (Langvardt)
Interested in theories of legal interpretation?
- Reading Law: The Interpretation of Legal Texts by Antonin Scalia and Bryan Garner
"This book offers readers an important perspective on how to understand the language of the law, and the kinds of arguments that advocates can and should make when asking courts to engage in textual interpretation."
- The Bramble Bush by Karl Llewellyn
"A timeless classic." (Harris)
- A History of American Law by Lawrence M. Friedman
"A great primer." (Archibald)
Interested in Historical Figures?
- Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America by Gilbert King
"This book follows Justice Marshall's career with the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and his criminal defense work on behalf of young African American men accused of raping white women in the South in the 1940s and 1950s." (Henning)
- John Adams by David McCullough
"An excellent biography of the second President of the United States by one of the world's best historical writers, this book introduces readers to some of the main players in the founding of our country, many of them lawyers by training, like Adams." (Archerd)
- A Lawyer's Journey – The Morris Dees Story by Morris Dees
"This book tells is the autobiographical account of the efforts of an attorney, Morris Dees, to support the cause of civil rights and to fight hate groups in our country." (Dubin)
- Abraham Lincoln by Carl Sandburg
"It is challenging but provides a good practical model of how a lawyer should relate to his clients and the world." (Hand)
Interested in Legal Cases?
- The Innocent Man by John Grisham
"An excellent exploration of criminal prosecutions and the criminal justice system. An enthralling read." (Paruch)
- Arc of Justice by Kevin Boyle
"An exploration of race relations in Detroit in the 1920s. Remains relevant today. The book culminates in the murder trial of Dr. Ossian Sweet who was represented by Clarence Darrow." (Costello)
- Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
"Tells the story of a wrongly convicted death row inmate in Alabama. The author, Bryan Stevenson, is one of the finest lawyers of his generation and is also, in the view of some, the moral conscience of the legal profession." (Wilkins)
- A Civil Action by Jonathan Harr
"The book follows the efforts of a plaintiff attorney to hold two large corporations liable for the consequences of their actions. The book exposes students to how civil litigation and discovery work in our country." (Goldman)
Other Words of Advice:
- Professor Belian recommends reading quality fiction such as The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King for following two reasons: 1) You probably once enjoyed reading books, and it's helpful to remember that before you start law school; 2) reading fiction every day (half an hour is enough) serves as a perfect "tonic" to balance the effects of reading legal materials, and now is the time to reinvigorate your reading habits."
- Professor Langvardt suggests reading op-eds in the New York Times by Linda Greenhouse. He also encourages you to check out "Presidential", a weekly podcast on presidential biographies.


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Bering Exploration Moves Workover Rig In On Its Louisiana Prospect With Potential Gross Reserves Of 1,000,000 Gross Barrels Of Oil Or $95,000,000
Jan 18, 2013, 06:00 EST
HOUSTON, Jan. 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Bering Exploration, Inc., (OTCBB: BERX) announced today that it has moved a workover rig in on to its N. Edna Prospect in Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana. Bering has reentered the existing wellbore and completed the perforation of an existing, previously untapped zone. Bering expects the results of the perforation to be known in the next three to five days. The entire prospect has potential gross reserves of 1,000,000 barrels of oil, which, based upon today's prices, equates to a gross value of more than $95 million. Bering currently owns a 100% working interest in this prospect.
"We are pleased that our efforts to revitalize this existing well are progressing," stated Steven Plumb, VP of Finance of Bering.
About Bering Exploration, Inc.
Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Bering Exploration, Inc. is an independent oil and natural gas company that focuses on identifying, evaluating, developing and acquiring potential natural gas and oil wells in the Gulf Coast onshore region. Additional information about Bering can be found on the web at www.beringexplore.com.
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This press release contains statements that may constitute forward-looking statements and are based upon assumptions that management believes to be reasonable. A number of risks and uncertainties could cause actual results to differ materially from these statements, including, without limitation, the success rate of exploration efforts and the timeliness of development activities, leasing of the target acreage, fluctuations in oil and gas prices, access to acquisition and development capital, achieving economically viable wells, and other risk factors described from time to time in the Company's reports filed with the SEC. In addition, the Company operates in an industry sector where securities values are highly volatile and may be influenced by economic and other factors beyond the Company's control.For additional information about Bering's future business and financial results, refer to Bering's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Annual Report on Form 10-K and other reports, which are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Bering undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement that may be made from time to time by or on behalf of the company, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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Martin 'Bud' Norwood
Martin "Bud" Norwood, 73, of Colorado City died Friday, May 3, 2013, in a Colorado City hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2 P.M. Monday, May 6, 2013, at the Nalley-Pickle & Welch Rosewood Chapel with the Rev. Ken McIntosh officiating. Interment will follow at Trinity Memorial Park.The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. until 7 p.m. Sunday, May 5, 2013, at the funeral home.Bud was born Oct. 30, 1939, in Lohn, Texas, and married Sandra Gillette on July 7, 1980, in Big Spring. He was an independent insurance agent and also wound electrical motors for a living. He was a Baptist.Survivors include his wife, Sandra Norwood of Colorado City; three sons, Kerry Norwood and wife Cristy of Odessa, Shelby Norwood and wife Diane of Huron, Tenn., and Martin Norwood Jr. of Colorado City; four daughters, Elizabeth Stovall and husband Adam of Whitehouse, Vicki Golleher and husband Jason of Big Spring, Christy Brownfield and husband Kevin of Big Spring and Suree Birck and husband Kaiser of Johnson City; 23 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; one brother, James Norwood and wife Margi of Stephenville; and four sisters, Mattie "Sis" Norwood, Nell Thames, Myrt Tindol and husband R.D. "Doc" and Mary Palmer and husband John, all of Big Spring.He was preceded in death by his parents, W.H. and Della (King) Norwood; two sons, Kaylen Norwood and Bubba Gibson; one grandson; sister, Vivian Grantham and husband Shorty; and a brother-in-law, Henry Thames.Arrangements under the direction of Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home & Crematory of Big Spring. Online condolences can be made at: www.npwelch.com


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"Israel's survival in part depends on its historical connection to the land," said B'nai B'rith International President Dennis W. Glick. "Affording these two sites national heritage designations ensures they will be preserved and protected for all religions in the region. This continuity is vital to the Jewish homeland."
These sites are held to be holy by Jews, Muslims, and Christians alike. Inclusion on the heritage list will promote education about the sacred places and help ensure that they are preserved. More than any prior custodian of the Holy Land, Israel, a democracy, has enshrined freedom of religion and access to diverse places of worship.
Officials at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and other U.N. bodies have criticized Israel for adding these sites to the national protection list. Israel has never denied non-Jewish ties to the sites in question, yet Palestinians rioted in Hebron this week and Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas warned Israel of a "religious war."
"The Jewish people's roots are integrally tied to these two sites. The history is undeniable—but it is regularly denied across Palestinian and Arab society," B'nai B'rith International Executive Vice President Daniel S. Mariaschin said. "The real impediment to peace in the Middle East is this delegitimization of Israel and incitement to hatred and violence."


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Madonna helped her teen daughter Lourdes celebrate the end of her high school career with a pre-prom party on Saturday (21Jun14).
The Material Girl hitmaker organized a garden party in New York City for the 17 year old and her friends prior to their school's annual dance.
In photos posted on Instagram.com, Lourdes posed in a black and white polka dot dress next to her pals. A caption accompanying the image reads: "Pre prom turn up ! #yaaaaaassssssb**ch (sic)", while another shot shows off one of Lourdes' male classmates modeling his tuxedo, to which the Vogue singer added, "Strike a pose!"
The music icon took a break from serving as hostess and snapped a picture of a wine glass placed perfectly between her feet while she relaxed on the grass, and wrote, "Mama takes a rest! #graduateb**ch (sic)".
Lourdes is set to graduate from the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts on Wednesday (25Jun14).


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Where can you drink the world's best cocktails?
Standing before the judges at the Diageo Reserve World Class Final bartending competition in Rio de Janeiro, Taiwanese bartender Kae Yin's hands trembled slightly as presented his cocktail.
With his index finger, he carefully etched a flower into the layer of powdered green tea that he'd sprinkled over a plate of rice flour.
"The rice powder represents our soil, which is the source of all things that grow from the ground and give sustenance to the Taiwanese people," he explains, speaking through a translator.
"It symbolizes growth and prosperity."
The audience watched with curiosity as Yin added homemade bitters and violet liqueur to a bamboo cup containing an infusion of Tanqueray 10 gin, Chinese chamomile tea, oolong tea and honey.
He covered the rim of the vessel with an inverted teacup, and then swiftly flipped it over before placing the cocktail on the plate, in the center of the rice-flower.
I'd seen this technique before in Chinese tea ceremony, but I'd never imagined it could be applied to mixology.
"This cocktail is called Trinitea," he says, spelling out the last three letters for effect.
He served the drink on a slatted bamboo box, enveloped in a cloud of vapor that emanated from a dish of dry ice beneath the lid.
The cocktail tasted pleasantly bitter and earthy, with soft herbal notes that balanced the zing of the gin.
It came as no surprise to me when Yin was named Asia-Pacific Bartender of the Year.
Asian expansion
Cocktail culture is on the rise in Asia, and bartenders like Yin are leading the trend with innovative techniques and a style all their own.
"We have influences from Japan but also look to Europe or America for creative ideas," he tells me.
"This is just the beginning. Bartenders in Asia will go a lot farther."
Of the 16 contestants who made it through to the semifinal rounds at the World Class competition, six were from the Asia-Pacific region, and three went on to earn top honors in four categories.
Last year's global winner, Manabu Ohtake, hails from Japan, and this year, the award went to Tim Philips of Australia.
At the bar, Marsalis, where Yin works in Taipei, the 26-year-old bartender specializes in making classic cocktails with a Taiwanese twist.
He started out as a cook, and the confidence with which he combines unusual ingredients -- like Taiwanese lily flower and Oriental Beauty tea with vodka, rum and plum liqueur -- suggests that he knows his way around a kitchen.
More on CNN: How to be the world's best bartender
Japanese influence
Japanese bartenders have had a profound impact on the development of the profession in Asia.
Renowned for their precise technique and fastidious attention to detail, established Ginza legends such as Hisashi Kishi of Star Bar and Hidetsugu Ueno of Bar High Five are attracting attention from the international media and helping raise the standard of bartending in countries like China and Korea.
Shigeki Yoshida, who represented Japan at the contest and ranked first in the "Cocktails Against the Clock" category, says that, while the emphasis has always been on exactitude of execution over personal charisma, some Japanese bartenders are starting to show more individual personality.
"In Japanese bartending culture, things like erect posture and perfectly straight form are considered good things, but people abroad may see this as a little unnatural or robotic," he explains.
"If we can skillfully incorporate a little bit of Western-style bartending into the basic Japanese style, I think it would be something great to show the world."
Yoshida oversees the bar Bellovisto, perched on the 40th floor of the Cerulean Tower in Shibuya.
When I visited him there, he treated me to the kind of impeccable hospitality that defines the Japanese bar experience.
He pulled out my chair for me and presented the menu with a flourish.
After inquiring about my drink preferences, he suggested a Caipirinha made with Don Julio Reposado tequila instead of the usual cachaca.
The jade-colored drink was simple but beautifully balanced, and Yoshida served it with a small metal instrument that resembled a miniature potato masher.
"You can use this to muddle the lime to taste," he explains, before giving a slight bow and leaving me to enjoy the panoramic view of western Tokyo.
As I sipped my Caipirinha, Yoshida described the new drink he had developed especially for the World Class competition.
Called Fantasia, the Brazilian-inspired cocktail -- a blend of blood orange juice and tequila spiced with flambéed pineapple, cardamom and coriander -- will make its debut at Bellovisto later this summer.
More on CNN: Unbreakable rules from the Japanese bar
Leave it to the pros
Although major differences exist between the bar scenes in Australia and other parts of the Asia-Pacific region, Global Bartender of the Year Tim Philips notes that the number of discerning drinkers is growing.
"People are taking bartending seriously as a profession," he observes. "Pop culture has also had an influence."
Sydney is fast becoming one of the most exciting cities for cocktails in Australia. Hemmesphere, the swanky bar where Philips made his name, is known for its extensive drinks list and plush interior.
At the moment, the 28-year-old bartender is busy preparing to open his own bar in a couple of months.
His new joint, called Bulletin Place, will feature a daily changing menu of five cocktails based on fresh, seasonal ingredients.
"We'll take the selection process out of the customer's hands, and they'll have to trust that the drinks we're serving are great," he tells me.
It's a daring idea, but Philips has a penchant for the unconventional.
His signature cocktail, the Reincarnation Flip, is a surprising mix of rum, Scotch and fig jam, finished with raw quail's egg.
For the World Class competition, he devised a "drinking game of chance," where drinkers were asked to spin a wheel to determine the ingredients (which included an array of homemade flavored syrups and ice cubes) that would go into a Scotch-based Old Fashioned.
"Drinking should be fun," he says with a chuckle.
I couldn't agree more. For cocktail lovers in Asia, the fun is just beginning.
Marsalis, Home Hotel 3/F, 90 SongRen Road, XinYi District, Taipei, Taiwan; +886 (0) 2 8789 0111; www.homehotel.com.tw
Bellovisto, Cerulean Tower Tokyo Hotel 40/F, 26-1 Sakuragaoka-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan; + 81 (0) 3 3476 3000; www.ceruleantower-hotel.com
Hemmesphere, Establishment Hotel 4/F, 252 George St., Sydney, Australia; + 61 (0) 2 9240 3000; merivale.com.au
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Mac Hall of Fame events soon underway
The induction banquet is at 7 p.m. May 11 at the Evergreen Aviation Museum. Tickets are $35 each and can be bought by contacting Ross Peterson at email@example.com or 503-816-9083 or Wendy Buchheit at 971-241-3610.
Coinciding with the banquet is another opportunity for alumni, former coaches and friends to reconnect. The second annual MHS Hall of Fame Golf Tournament will be held May 18 at Michelbook Country Club to help fundraise for future hall of fame inductions. The tournament features a 1 p.m. shotgun start and is in a four-person best ball scramble format. It is $110 per person and $440 per foursome. The entry fee includes a golf cart, 18 holes of golf, prizes, range balls, three raffle tickets, two mulligans and dinner. The priority registration deadline is May 1. The MHS Hall of Fame is also looking for sponsors for the golf tournament. For how to become a sponsor or to register for the tournament, contact Ross Peterson.
This year's class features a wide variety of athletes from nearly a century of McMinnville athletics. Here is a brief rundown of the inductees. Look for a feature on each person to run in the News-Register sports section from April 26 to May 10.
n The oldest member of the class is the late Orile Robbins, who graduated from McMinnville in 1922. A four-year varsity letterman in football and three-year letterman in both basketball and baseball, Robbins helped Mac to several runs in the state playoffs. He enrolled at Oregon State University and played on the football and baseball teams. He still is listed in the OSU football all-time record book for the longest return of a blocked punt.
After graduating from college, Robbins had a distinguished coaching career with stops at Linfield during post-undergraduate schooling, Amity and Vernonia. Robbins returned to Mac in 1945 to teach and coach. He had a successful run coaching football, basketball and baseball, winning numerous league championships. Robbins died Oct. 23, 1950 of complications of a stomach ailment after spending five weeks in the hospital. He was 47.
n Larry Phillips, class of 1959, played on three league championship football teams at McMinnville, was a two-year starting center on two state tournament basketball teams and a standout track and field athlete. In 1959, Phillips was a first-team all-league center (at 6-foot-2) and was the league's leading scorer with 14.9 points per game and 13.5 rebounds per game. Throughout his four years at Mac, Phillips set and reset records in the high hurdles, high jump and low hurdles.
Phillips went on to play basketball from 1960-63 at Lewis & Clark College and played on two conference championship teams.
n Mike Smithey is a 1968 graduate of McMinnville High School where he excelled at basketball and baseball. In 1967 and 1968, Smithey led the Grizzlies in scoring on the basketball court and was an all-state selection. On the diamond, he was equally good as a pitcher and earned spots at Linfield College on the basketball and baseball teams. Smithey had a distinguished career at Linfield as well, his biggest accomplishment coming during the 1971 baseball season when he went 8-4 as a starting pitcher, threw the most innings on the team and helped the Wildcats win the NAIA national championship.
n Amy Roberts-Wark graduated from McMinnville in 1991. She played volleyball, basketball and tennis. During the 1989-90 basketball season, Roberts-Wark was an all-league honorable mention player and helped the Grizzlies to a fifth-place finish at the state tournament. Roberts-Wark was first-team all-league her senior basketball season and the Grizzlies again played in the state playoffs. Her and her doubles partner Lisa Macy competed in the state tennis tournament that spring. After graduation, Roberts-Wark played basketball at Whitworth University and graduated from the School of Dentistry at OHSU in Portland. Roberts-Wark joined the Air Force and completed her service in Dayton, Ohio and in England before returning to McMinnville to join her father's dental practice, which she now owns.
n Katie Brewster is the youngest of this year's class, having graduated in 1997 from McMinnville. Unlike the other candidates, Brewster narrowed her focus to one sport. She played two years of junior varsity volleyball and basketball but soon dropped those to focus on softball. She was a four-year starter for the Grizzlies and a first-team all-league selection her sophomore, junior and senior years. In 1997, the Grizzlies qualified for the state tournament for the first time in program history, and Brewster earned a scholarship to play softball at the University of Utah.


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Emma Watson insisted on performing a car stunt in The Perks Of Being A Wallflower as she felt it was important for her to experience the adrenaline-pumping thrill.
The Brit stars as free-spirited teen Sam in the coming-of-age drama, which features a central scene in which her character stands up in the backseat of a car through the sunroof, and stretches out her arms as her pal drives through a tunnel.
Watson reveals a team of stunt experts wanted to hire a stand-in, but she was adamant she should be the one to film the key moment.
She tells U.K. TV show Daybreak, "It was so amazing. It was really funny, the stunt team on the film really didn't want to let me do it. It was meant to be a stunt girl but I was like, 'You can't not let me have that moment!' It was weirdly emotional. It really felt like... metaphorically like I was coming through something. It was cool."
Watson also admits playing an ordinary student gave her insight into the high school experiences she missed out on growing up on the Harry Potter movie sets.
She says, "She's this awesome character and very different to obviously what I've done before so it was really nice... I kind of got to have a bit of what I didn't have. Just the experience of making it has been really meaningful to me."


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Gender communication topic of November 11 Adams State Faculty Lecture
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- Porter Hall entertains and educates local Upward Bound students
- Comedies open October 27 at Adams State Theatre
- 2009 Spud Bowl Queen is Shelby Moeller
- ASC awarded grant to develop graduate program in higher ed leadership
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- ASC Classified Employees second annual Craft Fair is Nov. 14
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- Adams State Choir Concert is October 30
- ASC Cloyde Snook Gallery features Denver EDGE Gallery
- LiveWell Colorado and Adams State College ride together
- ASC Trustees defer name change
- Adams State College welcomes New Employees
- Everybody loves a good mystery
- Adams State College alumni named Denver Broncos Coach of the Week
- ASC Luther Bean Museum host artist Tetsuko
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This beautiful tatting shuttle is carved of ivory and has a lovely old patina and grain pattern. It was made in China for English export in the early 19th century. It measures 3 3/8" long by almost 1" wide and was probably made for a sewing workbox.
Both sides are deeply carved with Chinese landscape designs. The condition is excellent with no chips or other damage and the points are intact. A similar example is shown on p. 84 of Nerylla Taunton's book "Antique Needlework Tools and Embroideries".


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Sunwell Plateau is very similar to Magister's Terrace. The art team really outdid itself and the place is just beautiful. There is a ton of trash to wade through to get to the first boss, Kalecgos.
During the trash I was usually tanking a Vindicator. This is a melee mob who hits decently hard and it was pretty easy to tank. As we explored Sunwell, people in the raid started asking about the various things going on, like who Avenna was, and I was happy to explain. Someone suggested that I need to get my LoreMaster title. I'm not entirely sure it was meant as a compliment.
Next thing you know, I'm staring down a big ole dragon. They had already made attempts on Kalecgos with Vlad/Kee/Cuch tanking so I tried to stay out of the way and be a backup.
The Kalecgos fights starts out with everyone fighting the dragon, but soon you learn there is more to this fight than meets the eye. See Kalecgos is really a good guy (kind of like Akama) but he's being possessed by a Demon named Sathrovarr the Corrupter. After a couple of seconds someone in the raid gets teleported to Sathrovarr's realm. Then a couple of portals spawn and designated people have to use the portals and go help fight Sathrovarr. Sathrovarr is fighting the human form of Kalecgos. He can fight Sathrovarr for a little bit but you really need one of your tanks on the Demon. If Kalecgos goes down to Sathrovarr, the encounter ends. /que Price Is Right 'you lose' music.
It's a bit tricky coorindating the raid so you always have enough people, and the right people (tanks, healers, dps) 'upstairs' with the Dragon and 'downstairs' with the Demon.
After you hang out in Sathrovarr's pad for a minute you get yanked back topside with a debuff that prevents you from going back to the party downstairs for one minute.
The fight has an Opera (Romeo and Juliet) feel to it because you have to kill both the demon and the dragon at about the same time.
It ended up that I was needed in my back up role. During each attempt at Kalecgos, I was asked to taunt off either another tank or the Human form of Kalecgos. We wiped 3 or 4 times, but we eventually got him.
I passed on the Tier 6 Bracers, and they went to Chief. Yeah!
So then we clear to Brutallus. By this point it's getting late, so we don't have much time. This was the first time we had ever been to Brutallus. We watched the cut scene between Brutallus and the Blue Dragon, Madrigosa. Very, very cool.
The raid leader set up tanks. Kee, our Main Tank and herself were the two tanks for Brutallus. She never really addressed me. I was waiting for the 'offheal' command, but it never came so I hung out with the melee dpsers.
Generally, when Dominion reaches any fight the tanking positions are assigned with Kee as the first tank, Vlad as the second tank and myself as a third tank, if needed.
The fight was over quickly as Kee was burst down and we wiped.


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What was the first thing that went through Apolo Anton Ohno's mind when he learned he might be paired with Karina Smirnoff on Dancing with the Stars All-Stars?
"I went, 'Hmm. She's amazing, but isn't she really crazy?' I really did say that," Ohno tells TVGuide.com. "And the best part is, this was the exact answer: 'Yes, but she has a heart of gold and she's amazing. And we think you two will have really great chemistry.'"
Fall TV: Get scoop on all the returning showsAnd now? "We're in an uphill battle here. She has no heart, there's no chemistry." "And I'm crazy," Smirnoff adds.All joking aside, the two former champs (him for Season 4, her for Season 13) are getting along swimmingly, even if Ohno can't remember basic cha-cha steps for their first dance Monday. "I told him to eat more fish. It's got Omega 3's that's really good for your memory," Smirnoff says. "But seriously, usually I'm the one who says, 'Come on, let's do it again. Put your phone down,' to my partners. But with Apolo, he's as enthusiastic, if not more, as I am. I come in to the studio and he's got his heels on, practicing the dance. The other day, I was driving to the studio ... and I see Apolo doing locksteps down [the street] toward the studio. I was like, 'Wow! This guy is awesome.'"Both know they'll have their work cut out for them this season, going up against a cast that includes five other former celeb champs and three runners-up. So what do they think of their competition? "We are Oh, Yes. They are Oh, No," Smirnoff says.Check out Ohno and Smirnoff's scouting report below:
Dancing with the Stars All-Stars pairs revealed!Joey Fatone and Kym JohnsonThe couple finished second to Ohno and Julianne Hough on Season 4.Ohno says: Joey's very talented. The guy comes from a boy band. That's what he did for a living — choreography and dance and sing and put it all together. I told him [after I won] that I was happy I beat him because of that. He's like on his fifth dance already. I remember when he did his freestyle — he was choreographing the whole thing.
Emmitt Smith and Cheryl Burke
Smith and Burke won Season 3.Smirnoff says: Emmitt is gonna be in this competition until the very end. He's got the biggest fan base that you can possibly think of. ... Everyone loves him and he did amazing when he won. All 12 are couples to beat, but they are definitely one of the top ones. Melissa Rycroft and Tony Dovolani
The Bachelor alum was a last-minute replacement for an injured Nancy O'Dell and finished third on Season 8 with Dovolani.Smirnoff says: Melissa can dance really well. She's a natural. And she's gorgeous. I've known Tony since I was, like, 16 years old and he's great. Do we like them? Yes, on a personal level. No, on a competitive level! I wish they were mean so we could actually hate them!Bristol Palin and Mark BallasProbably the most controversial cast member, Palin finished third on Season 11 with Ballas.Ohno says: She's totally different now. I think it'll surprise people.Smirnoff says: No matter what people say — like maybe Bristol wasn't the best dancer, but she was the most improved dancer of that season. So on this show, there's the likability factor, the skill, but also the journey. Who has the biggest journey, the biggest arc of learning how to dance? I think Bristol had it. I'm excited to see what she does now. She had some memorable dances — the monkey dance. Some people can pull that off.Drew Lachey and Anna Trebunskaya The 98 Degrees singer won Season 2 with Burke, and Trebunskaya has been runner-up twice, including to Lachey.Ohno says: Drew's gonna do well. He's hungry, I can tell, and I love it. I love the competitiveness. I'm looking forward to seeing what he's got. He didn't do as much [dancing in 98 Degrees], but he's won this.Smirnoff says: Anna's a fantastic teacher, so Drew's in great hands. Drew had one of the most memorable freestyles on the show. If we take Drew out before the final in the back alley of CBS [Studios, where the show films], that might help us.
Dancing with the Stars All-Stars cast revealed! And there's a twist!Shawn Johnson and Derek HoughJohnson won Season 8 with Ballas, and Hough is a three-time champ.Ohno says: The only other people who have experienced this intense type of competition with this kind of training are Shawn and Emmitt. ... I love Shawn. She dances incredibly. She's kind of like Joey. She learns dances really fast.Smirnoff says: She does. Why don't you learn them really fast?Ohno says: I don't know. I'm just pounding the fish.Kirstie Alley and Maksim ChmerkovskiyThe pair finished second on Season 12.Ohno says: I think Kirstie and Maks are an underdog. They were their first season too. I don't think a lot of people predicted at the beginning for them to go that far and I'm not gonna underestimate them. Pamela Anderson and Tristan MacManusAnderson finished sixth on Season 10 with Damian Whitewood, and MacManus placed fifth with Nancy Grace on Season 13.Ohno says: That's a very interesting pair. I think Pam was another one who went further than some expected. Sixth place is kind of deep. She's got a good shot.Sabrina Bryan and Louis van AmstelBryan finished seventh on Season 7 with Ballas, and van Amstel finished in third place on Season 9 with Kelly Osbourne.Smirnoff says: The rumor is that they look really strong. And they only found out they were on the show three weeks ago [from the fan vote]. Ohno says: Sabrina's like a pro dancer. They're on their 11th dance. She's on next season's. She and Joey were on the tour and Vegas, so they also have that advantage.
Helio Castroneves and Chelsie Hightower
Castroneves won Season 5 with Hough, and Hightower finished fourth on Season 8 with Ty Murray.
Ohno says: I talked to him the other day and he's been pushing it really hard. He's another athlete competitor. One thing that surprised me is he's a lot skinnier than I thought. I didn't know he was that skinny. His legs were really skinny.
Smirnoff says: I think Helio lost weight. But you sound jealous.
Ohno says: My legs are huge. I feel seams ripping. My jeans ripped one day.
Smirnoff says: They did rip. [And there was] no other piece of clothing underneath the jeans. That is disturbing.
Ohno says: That's not disturbing; it's efficient. It's eco-friendly. Fewer clothes to wash, less water to use.
Dancing: Sabrina Bryan wins viewers' choice spot
Kelly Monaco and Val Chmerkovskiy
Monaco won Season 1 with Alec Mazo, and Chmerkovskiy finished 10th last season with Sherri Shepherd.
Smirnoff says: She was the very first champion we've ever had and that commands respect. I think she almost has the most to prove because the show was so different then.
Gilles Marini and Peta Murgatroyd
Marini finished second on Season 8 with Burke, and Murgatroyd won last season with Donald Driver.
Ohno says: Gilles is taking this seriously, like really, really seriously. ... When I saw him, I couldn't believe it. I'm not scared — don't get me wrong — but I was just like, "Wow!" He's one of the best celebrities who's ever done the show.
And how about that final pair?
Ohno says: The guy with the squirrel tail on his chin? What's his name? He's a figure skater or something?
Smirnoff says: Yeah, Anton something. He might be OK. He might be accustomed to a lot of spandex because that's what he wears in his profession too — really, really tight. I think he should shave his head. The past three winners were bald guys and the only bald guy this season is Emmitt. I think, why jinx it? ... I also want him to be an orangutan with a red butt. Maybe just the butt part.
Ohno says: I don't even think this is related to the show. It's her personal fantasy. She's got a weird deal.
Dancing with the Stars premieres Monday at 8/7c on ABC.


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An anonymous reader writes "The tallest building in the United States is set to become a soaring vertical solar farm, as Pythagoras Solar just launched a project to emblazon the building's glass façade with transparent photovoltaic panels. The new windows, dubbed high power density photovoltaic glass units, are a clever hybrid technology that lays a typical monocrystalline silicon solar cell horizontally between two layers of glass to form an individual tile. An internal plastic reflective prism directs angled sunlight onto the solar cells but allows diffuse daylight and horizontal light through. The high-profile project will begin on the south side of the 56th floor and could grow up to 2 MW in size — which is comparable to a 10-acre field of solar panels."
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Michigan guard Tim Hardaway Jr. is leaving the Wolverines early for the NBA draft.
The 6-foot-6 junior announced his decision Wednesday. He is the second Michigan player to declare for early entry to the draft this year. National player of the year Trey Burke announced his departure Sunday.
Burke and Hardaway helped lead the Wolverines to their first Final Four appearance since 1993. Michigan lost to Louisville in the national title game.
There's been no announcement yet on the futures of Mitch McGary and Glenn Robinson III, two talented freshmen who could also leave Michigan for the NBA.
Hardaway averaged 14.5 points per game this season and started all 107 games he played during his three-year Michigan career.


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If you know (or you think) that your ancestors were from San Giuseppe Jato, you could find info about your Italian family at Registrar of Vital Statistics in the City Office or at the parishes.
Registry offices in Sicilia and in Palermo province were established in early 1800: it means that you could find information in San Giuseppe Jato registrar as of that date.
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Seemingly overnight, gasoline prices have plunged. Regular unleaded is approaching $3 per gallon at my local Wawa. That's the lowest price since just after the recession ended.
WASHINGTON – Evidence is growing that fracking for oil and gas is causing earthquakes that shake the heartland.
WASHINGTON – There are likely enough votes in the Senate to approve the Keystone XL pipeline after the sweeping Republican success in Tuesday's election, an outcome that could decide the fate of one the biggest debates in decades over jobs and the environment.
Southwind Drilling, Inc. of Ellinwood has recently promoted Fred Castillo to Director of Safety and Compliance. Fred will now oversee Southwind's seven rotary drilling rigs making sure they maintain OSHA compliant and promote a safe working environment. Todd Morgenstern, President/CEO commented, "Fred's work ethic and attention to detail makes him a perfect fit for this job".
WASHINGTON – Two railroad industry trade groups have quietly asked the U.S. Department of Transportation to drop its requirement that rail carriers transporting large volumes of Bakken crude oil notify state emergency officials.
Below are the intent to drill for oil permits in the area filed with the Kansas Corporation Commission in the past 90 days. The information is listed in this order: File name, permit date, section, township, range, east/west, district number, license and company.
WASHINGTON – The U.S. fracking boom is getting even bigger with advances in drilling techniques that are making oil and natural gas wells more productive.
WASHINGTON – Oil prices continued to collapse Monday and are getting closer to levels that could dampen the U.S. energy boom.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT NATIONAL PARK, N.D. – From the vista where Valerie Naylor stands, the scenery is undeniably spectacular: Sculpted hills with layers of beige sandstone and ribbons of gray coal, pockets of cottonwood trees and junipers rustling, the serpentine Little Missouri River shimmering below.
WASHINGTON _ Energy giant BP's willful misconduct and gross negligence led to the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history, a federal judge said in a ruling Thursday that exposes the company to billions of dollars in civil penalties.
Keeping track of billions of dollars of equipment that's constantly on the move is one of the oil and gas industry's toughest challenges.
MEXICO CITY– President Enrique Pena Nieto on Monday signed into law Mexico's landmark energy reform legislation and announced that his government could name as early as this week the first oil and gas fields that will be opened up to foreign investors.
HACKENSACK, N.J. – Legislators from New Jersey and other Atlantic Coast states are pushing the Obama administration to reverse a decision to allow geologic exploration of the ocean floor from Florida to Delaware as a step toward seeking underwater oil and gas reserves.
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NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana's lieutenant governor says the "Duck Dynasty" reality TV show is important to state tourism — and he could help connect the Robertson family with new producers if they cannot reach agreement with the A&E network.
In an emailed statement, Jay Dardenne says the state "has the infrastructure in place to maintain their record-breaking program."
Dardenne authored the state's film and TV tax credit program. He says he'd use his influence in the state's industry to help the Robertsons.
The network suspended patriarch Phil Robertson last week for comments he made to GQ magazine about gays.
Dardenne says that regardless what people think about Robertson's comments, the program has drawn a huge audience eager to visit Louisiana.
The lieutenant governor's job includes running the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism.